Cisco IOS Contract Job Trends in England

Cisco IOS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 562 443 474
Rank change year-on-year -119 +31 +29
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 67 82 58
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.30% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.55% 2.47% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 29 28
10th Percentile £213 £470 £167
25th Percentile £400 £500 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £408
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +28.83% -2.98%
75th Percentile £611 £600 £497
90th Percentile £641 £613 £601
UK median daily rate £570 £510 £408
% change year-on-year +11.76% +25.15% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 12 1
10th Percentile £49.24 - -
25th Percentile £50.72 £29.00 -
Median hourly rate £54.88 £30.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +82.92% -53.85% +120.34%
75th Percentile £57.47 £40.81 -
90th Percentile £58.01 £57.20 -
UK median hourly rate £54.88 £30.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +82.92% -53.85% +91.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Cisco IOS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,317 3,314 4,007
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.38% 12.02% 12.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,599 2,062 2,383
10th Percentile £250 £235 £248
25th Percentile £400 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £505
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -2.97% +1.00%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £614
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 350 167 241
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.50 £21.37
Median hourly rate £28.00 £41.45 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -32.45% -27.72% +1.52%
75th Percentile £65.88 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.53 £77.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £43.00 £51.00
% change year-on-year -39.53% -15.69% -9.72%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco IOS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in England

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in England over the 6 months to 7 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the England region over the 6 months to 7 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -50 23 £585 -2.50% 5
London -68 22 £600 +9.09% 31
North West -39 18 £608 +1.33% 3
West Midlands -45 9 £225 -59.09% 2
Midlands -54 9 £225 -59.09% 3
South West -41 5 £583 +33.14% 4
South East -99 5 £600 +20.00% 7
Yorkshire - 4 £400 -
East of England -35 1 £475 -8.65% 2
North East -39 1 - - 2
Cisco IOS
UK

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.99%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.49%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 9 (13.43%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (8.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (4.48%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 13 (19.40%) Azure
2 10 (14.93%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (10.45%) Entra ID
4 6 (8.96%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.49%) AWS
6 1 (1.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (1.49%) GitHub
6 1 (1.49%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.49%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 41 (61.19%) Firewall
2 32 (47.76%) NX-OS
3 31 (46.27%) BGP
4 26 (38.81%) VLAN
5 23 (34.33%) WAN
6 22 (32.84%) Wireless
7 21 (31.34%) DNS
8 19 (28.36%) DHCP
9 17 (25.37%) VPN
10 16 (23.88%) OSPF
11 12 (17.91%) NAS
11 12 (17.91%) Network Security
11 12 (17.91%) SAN
11 12 (17.91%) Structured Cabling
12 10 (14.93%) EIGRP
12 10 (14.93%) TCP/IP
13 9 (13.43%) Ethernet
13 9 (13.43%) IOS XR
13 9 (13.43%) LAN
13 9 (13.43%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (4.48%) Git
1 3 (4.48%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.49%) GitLab
2 1 (1.49%) Robot Framework
General
1 33 (49.25%) Social Skills
2 8 (11.94%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (5.97%) Banking
3 4 (5.97%) Finance
4 2 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (2.99%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.99%) Police
4 2 (2.99%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.49%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.49%) Electronics
5 1 (1.49%) Legal
5 1 (1.49%) Military
5 1 (1.49%) Publishing
5 1 (1.49%) Retail
5 1 (1.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (56.72%) Network Engineer
2 14 (20.90%) Architect
3 11 (16.42%) Cisco Engineer
3 11 (16.42%) Senior
4 10 (14.93%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 8 (11.94%) Automation Engineer
6 7 (10.45%) Senior Network Engineer
6 7 (10.45%) Technical Architect
7 6 (8.96%) Help Desk Support
7 6 (8.96%) Help Desk Support Technician
7 6 (8.96%) Help Desk Technician
7 6 (8.96%) Support Technician
8 5 (7.46%) Network Architect
9 4 (5.97%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 4 (5.97%) Senior Cisco Engineer
9 4 (5.97%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
10 3 (4.48%) Security Architect
11 2 (2.99%) Deployment Engineer
11 2 (2.99%) Desktop Engineer
11 2 (2.99%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.45%) Terraform
2 4 (5.97%) 802.1X
3 3 (4.48%) NETCONF
3 3 (4.48%) REST
3 3 (4.48%) RESTCONF
4 2 (2.99%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 25 (37.31%) Data Centre
2 8 (11.94%) Onboarding
3 6 (8.96%) Smartphone
4 3 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.99%) CMDB
6 1 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.49%) BYOD
6 1 (1.49%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.49%) Hedge funds
6 1 (1.49%) Life Science
6 1 (1.49%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.49%) Mobile Computing
6 1 (1.49%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.49%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.49%) SCADA
6 1 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (14.93%) Windows
2 8 (11.94%) Android
3 6 (8.96%) Linux
4 2 (2.99%) Mac OS
4 2 (2.99%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.49%) CentOS
5 1 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (25.37%) ITSM
2 13 (19.40%) Network Segmentation
3 10 (14.93%) Migration
4 9 (13.43%) Mentoring
5 8 (11.94%) Asset Management
5 8 (11.94%) Customer Service
6 7 (10.45%) Knowledge Transfer
7 6 (8.96%) Customer Experience
7 6 (8.96%) Infrastructure as Code
7 6 (8.96%) ITIL
7 6 (8.96%) Network Monitoring
7 6 (8.96%) Problem Management
7 6 (8.96%) Validation
8 5 (7.46%) Network Architecture
8 5 (7.46%) Project Delivery
8 5 (7.46%) Project Planning
8 5 (7.46%) Roadmaps
9 4 (5.97%) Architecture Roadmap
9 4 (5.97%) Change Control
9 4 (5.97%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 23 (34.33%) Python
2 2 (2.99%) Perl
2 2 (2.99%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.49%) Bash
Qualifications
1 32 (47.76%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (38.81%) CCNP
3 23 (34.33%) Security Cleared
4 19 (28.36%) SC Cleared
5 15 (22.39%) CCNA
6 11 (16.42%) Network+ Certification
6 11 (16.42%) Server+ Certification
7 8 (11.94%) DV Cleared
8 6 (8.96%) CCIE
9 4 (5.97%) Degree
10 2 (2.99%) JNCIE
11 1 (1.49%) CCIE Routing and Switching
11 1 (1.49%) CCIE Security
11 1 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (1.49%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.96%) SLA
2 3 (4.48%) NIST
3 1 (1.49%) Def Stans
3 1 (1.49%) NIST 800
System Software
1 9 (13.43%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.97%) vSphere
4 3 (4.48%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (2.99%) Docker
6 1 (1.49%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 15 (22.39%) Ansible
2 6 (8.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (8.96%) SCCM
3 3 (4.48%) FortiGate
3 3 (4.48%) Nagios
4 2 (2.99%) Docker Swarm
4 2 (2.99%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.49%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (1.49%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.49%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 67 (100.00%) Cisco
2 22 (32.84%) Fortinet
3 13 (19.40%) Microsoft
3 13 (19.40%) ServiceNow
4 11 (16.42%) Juniper
4 11 (16.42%) Palo Alto
5 8 (11.94%) Arista
6 7 (10.45%) VMware
7 6 (8.96%) Canon
7 6 (8.96%) Meraki
8 4 (5.97%) F5
9 3 (4.48%) SevOne
9 3 (4.48%) SolarWinds
10 2 (2.99%) FireEye
10 2 (2.99%) McAfee
10 2 (2.99%) NetScout
10 2 (2.99%) Splunk
11 1 (1.49%) Citrix
11 1 (1.49%) Dell
11 1 (1.49%) Forcepoint